The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-09-23

pany's Arizona mining Propert les, wtich
were quite fully descrised In Tie Ereus-lg
f0s- on the nth Inst, have attracted wide
atteRtion, opening up, as they do, some won.
der7ui experiences in mining precious ores,
and most remarkable op poItun 10y for safe
ard profitable investment. Our reade-s will
be Interested in neTusal of the following
extract from a private letter received in this
city yesterday, which bears directly upon
this subject, and fully subs taLtiGtes the IA
voIable impress ior already created and con-
hrmed by the statements OF Tx Post and
other leading journals in various parts of
the country. W. quote:
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Aug. %, 1887.
DEAR BRoTEER-GOur telegram OF the
lStE inst. found me 1T Los Angeles. Califor-
MIA, but an hour or two before my intended
| departure for The east, and am very happy
ttus 20 have Deen able TO 'Petform the pleas,
ant task whicn you assigEedEo me. of a si5.e
/ trip TO the Owls Head mining district on
my way home. / left Los Angeles at 1915
a. m, on Thursday, by the Southern Pacific
! railroad, anu at ll:45 ne.,s morning found
myself at Tucson, witch your dispatcn in
! formed rrse is the nearest important railroad
I
! tions by'wire were simply to 60 to the
mines and get the true inwsrdness g the
( whole business" l easily understood that
! what you wanted OF me was to know from
I the personal observatfOI OF a reliabEs 'eriend
I all that could be learned about some mining
I scheme in which you D. your neIghhors were
probably invited TO become participants,
and fI'~ ~hich your confidence might perhaps
not be absolute. have, as you know, seen
! something OF mines End mining in California
/ and Colorado and so when the Tucson bon
( itace asked if 1 wanted a top or opeE buggy,
told him to give me his best saddle horse
/ and without an ounce OF baggage l started
off over the hills. thirty odd mEes to the
. camp OF the TortIhta Mining Company. The
roads were much better than ! expected to
/ find, aud the cioas- was jus. striking SIX
! when | reiDed up at an unpreteutious wood
: en- bCilding wnicE looked as II 81 might be
{ the camp post office, or a sore, but which
/ proved to be the Office Of the mining compa-
I ny and the hea0C uarters of Mr. ID. T. Ell
more, superintendent in charge Of the active
operations at the mines. Declining the hos
pitaiity which he offered, managed TO get
supper and lodging at the boarding house
/ adjoining the little crushing and smelling
wOfrs, and at an early hour next morning
set out for the mines. which hz- been Ioca-
ted for me by q Mexican at the mill in such
a way that by the aid Of a rough sketch
whieA 1 made OE paper under his direction.
felt sure Of easily finding them. There are
twelve mines in tie TortilIta group. per
sonaily visited and inspected eight OF these
durisG the day, Ending active operations I'm
progress At onIy s.X, viz The Jesse Benton,
Ton Benton, by Chance and by Chance By .
tension at The northeast cluster. and the Red
Peach and Lazy Sleeper at the southwest
cluster. The little mill has only five stamps.
ana bat a very moderate amount uf mining
Is necessary TO keep II gong There is any .
quantity of ore N sight and within easy
resch at all Of the eight mines which saw.
ard-l sm amazed that the management IS .
satisfied with thisfttie one horse mill knock .
ing the ore 10 pieces with FIVE stamps and
getting out six or eight hundred dollars
day. while fly stamp mill might be sup
pIisd with good rich ore from these mines for .
twenty years to come. yielding six or eight
thousand dollars day without beginning To
exhaust this great field OF precious metal
ElmOre tells me Ia: this properly has re-
Gently changed hands, and that the present
east fGz two or three twenty stamp mills. If
this IL true, you rBCy set il down for fact
that this Owls Held district will as,onish
the world by the vastness and richness
Of its deposits, and the company which
owns this group OF Ilines will become :he
weaIthisot mining corporation at least in
America.
remained one dag and two nigkis at the
lantic express WHICH reaches Tucson st mid
day on Sunday, arriving here eaEly this
morning. sld now embrace the fire.: Oppor-
tunity to write TO you. 1 90 to Chicago this
evening, and thence &c Minneapolis, not ex-
pecting 20 reach Connecticut before tao sec
ond or third week in September. WhenL see
you l can giye you by word OF mouth great
many interesting details of my two days In
tie saddIe-oae day going to and from fuc-
on and the camp, and tie other among the
zines.
| found M "a II awaiting me al the Crock
Y House, and among the letters and papers
copy Of the Hartford ssziIg Post of the
7th. with its splendid map End description
Il sihe Tortilit& mines. IL is all very well
.oEe. and Interests me much in view oS my
auOt over the properties. TIE story is in no
aspect OverdrawE- i Eotiee that the super
nte0l:ent's statements to ne regarding the
proposed new staEping works are confirm
d. This settles tbe.4uestion as 20 the future
( the mines and mining company that owns
hem. What Is tbs stock OF the company
eling ar? 1t viii Ss we'll TO advise all our
riends tG get in If they can do % any where
ear the ground fOOC- This is nv candid
onclusiOn- You knox ne well enough to
edge whetGer the advice is good or not.
Very kastIIy but tzuly yours,
r +. De SOW.
Hartford (Coun-) PaT, Aug. n, 80
The shares OK the TurtiEta Company are